Twin Attack On Polio Workers Kills 12, Wounds 9 in Jamrud, Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least 12 security officials were killed and nine others injured in an attack Saturday as they escorted polio vaccinations teams in the Jamrud area of the Khyber tribal region.

Jehangir Azam, a government official in Jamrud, said armed men, believed to be militants, first targeted a convoy of security forces escorting polio teams through an improvised explosive ‎devices (IEDs) and then opened fire at them.

He said the men then attacked a second team of security forces that was trying to rescue the victims of the first explosion.